Author(s):
bellangé, joseph-louis-hippolyte (paris, 17–01–1800 - paris, 10–04–1866), designer-lithographer
delaporte, victor hippolyte (29–01–1804), printer-lithographer
aubert (printer, lithographer, editor), editor
other title: the moral, political and literary caricature (title of the whole)
production date: in 1830
dating in century: 19th century
type(s) of object(s): manuscripts, printed matter, binding
name(s): periodical illustration
materials and techniques: lithography
dimensions - artwork:
height: 35. 7cm
width: 27cm
dimensions - image:
height: 20. 4cm
width: 17. 3cm
description:
ht plate published in the moral, political and literary caricature, volume 1, november 4, 1830, (plate no. 2)
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
letter - above the frame, in the center: "la caricature. (journal. )"; and to the right: "no. 2. "; signed in the image lower left: “hte bellangé. 1830”; under the frame on the left: “h. Bellangé del. »; and to right: “lith. By delaporte seur de langlumé”; below: “you still have to have a real shot in the head to / lead us without bread on paths like that”; below right: "(polish campaign / memoirs of the duke of rovigo)"; below left: “in paris, at aubert, galerie vero dodat. ",
iconographic description:
on a battlefield, napoleon on horseback, wearing a cocked hat, his hand in his jacket, listens to a soldier, standing at his side, pronouncing the words contained in the title. In the background part of the army can be seen. Reference to the polish campaign of 1807 by the emperor, and more particularly to an episode: the one during which one day, in torrential rain, an old soldier approached the emperor and complained about the fate reserved for the exhausted and hungry army, in these terms: "you must have a famous blow in the head to lead us without bread on such paths! ”, to which napoleon is said to have replied: “four more days, and i will ask you nothing more; then you will be confined. ". The pl. Denounces the treatment, considered bad, reserved for soldiers
mode of acquisition: retrospective registration
date of acquisition: 20–02–2013
institution: maison de balzac
part of:
the caricature. . . , number 1, november 4, 1830. Date: En 1830.
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